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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4: synchronize bind() with RTM_NEWADDR notifications
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:58:08 +0300
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On 10/21/2010 01:50 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Timo Ter=E4s <timo.teras@iki.fi>
> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:41:37 +0300
>=20
>> Is inet_bind() called from non-userland context? If yes, then this i=
s a
>> bad idea. Otherwise I don't think it's that hot path...
>=20
> It is.

Yet, almost immediately after that there is lock_sock() which can also
sleep. How does that work then?